Example sentences of "[vb -s] likely [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It appears likely that a fairly complicated interaction between oestrogen , progesterone and a pituitary hormone known as oxytocin is involved . |
| 2 | On the other hand , it seems likely that a positive function in the evolution of human society has been exercised by envy in that it maintained variations of individual behaviour within tolerable bounds and maintained a mutual bond , policed by envy and the fear of envy , between all the differentiated members of a society . |
| 3 | It now seems likely that a committee of inquiry into the hours and working practices of the Commons , staffed by senior MPs from all sides , could be announced shortly by the government . |
| 4 | It seems likely that a redefinition of the principal crimes of physical violation would cover most of these cases anyway , and the Criminal Law Revision Committee saw the need to supplement the general offences with only one special offence — administering to another , without his consent , any substance which D knows to be capable of interfering substantially with the other 's bodily functions . |
| 5 | It seems likely that a local commentator is right in thinking that the boycott cost the DUP votes in a subsequent by-election . |
| 6 | In a country where infant mortality is low , it is expected that children will live into adulthood and outlive their parents , so that there will not be a time when it seems likely that a child will die before their parents . |
| 7 | It seems likely that a similar decline will not be allowed to occur in a period of world food shortages , and continued changes along the present lines can be expected . |
| 8 | It now seems likely that a ‘ joint list ’ of green candidates for local government posts will only be submitted in the Paris region , and the Alsace , An agreement reached in October 1982 that would have linked the Amis De La Terre ( AT ) , the Confederation Ecologiste and the Mouvement D'Ecologie Politique ( Now VPE ) disintegrated last month when it became clear that the VPE wanted to have a dominant say over its two partners . |
| 9 | Quote : ‘ It seems likely that a diet in which sugars and starches are taken in natural fibre-rich form would contribute to the control of obesity by encouraging satiety at a lower level of energy intake , and to a lesser extent by increasing the amount of potential energy lost in the faeces . ’ |
| 10 | For some countries , including Britain and Spain , it seems likely that a softer , more automatic ERM would be better than both the existing ERM and no ERM at all . |
| 11 | Since the first office known to sell these safe-conducts was at La Rochelle , the port that dominated the wine trade , it seems likely that a lobby of La Rochelle merchants played an influential role in shaping these developments . |
| 12 | It seems likely that a well-recalled ad is something of a bonus to a brand , but little more than that . |
| 13 | It seems likely that a forty-foot width was regarded as the minimum for an unsurfaced road , allowing for detours as the winter went on , but when scientific roadmaking began these great widths were no longer necessary . |
| 14 | If it seems likely that a particular march will encounter a large and aggressively hostile opposition , the proper course is for the police to organise in such a way as to protect the marchers against the opposition . |
| 15 | It seems likely that a considerable amount of valuable new research on pronunciation will grow out of the study of discourse . |
| 16 | After 17.00 on weekdays , and on Saturday mornings , mean delivery times show a greater degree of fluctuation than at other periods , and while this may partly be explained in terms of the smallness of the samples from which these mean delivery times were calculated , it seems likely that a major factor was again reduced staffing levels at these periods . |